| 1 | Creator: | Morris, Anthony,1766-1860. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Anthony Morris papers, ca. 1690-1830
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1690-1830 | | | | Abstract: | This collection is primarily correspondence, accounts, bills, and receipts of Anthony Morris, but also included is older material on the Morris family (deeds, indentures, etc.). The correspondence centers on two major topics: the settlement of the estate of a Baron de Kalb, and information concerning Morris' proposal to set up the Fellenberg Institution for agricultural education, on his estate at Bolton Farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.M836 | | | | Extent: | 0.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Agricultural colleges -- Pennsylvania. | Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812 | Bills. | Bucks County (Pa.) | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Deeds. | Education | Educational Material | Fellenberg Institution. | Fellenberg, Emanuel von, 1771-1844 | General Correspondence | Indentures. | Kalb, -- Baron de. | Morris family. | Morris, Anthony,1766-1860. | Price, Isaac | Receipts. | Roberts, Samuel | Sketchbooks | Skinner, John S., (John Stuart), 1788-1851 | Trade | Vaux, Roberts,1786-1836. | |
| 2 | Creator: | Breck, Samuel, 1771-1862 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Historical Sketch of the Continental Bills of Credit, from 1775 to 1781, with Specimens thereof
| | | | Dates: | 1840, 1862 | | | | Abstract: | Born in Boston and educated there and in France, Samuel Breck (1771-1862) was a major figure in the mercantile, philanthropic, and political life of Philadelphia during the first hald of the nineteenth century. With an interest in historical and literary affairs, Breck was an active member of the Library Company of Philadelphia, the Phialdelphia Athenaeum, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and the American Philosophical Society (elected 1838).
The Breck Collection is comprised of two manuscripts written by Samuel Breck. The first, "Historical Sketch of the Continental Bills of Credit, from 1775 to 1781, with Specimens Thereof" (1840), includes an essay and 153 specimens of Continental Currency. The second essay, "Recollections of My Acquaintance and Association with Deceased Members of the American Philosophical Society" (1862) includes the 92 year-old Breck's reminiscences of his personal relationships with the nationally and internationally prominent membership of the APS. | | | | Call #: | Mss.332.5.B74h | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 | Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812 | Bingham, William, 1752-1804 | Breck, Samuel, 1771-1862 | Brissot de Warville, J.-P. (Jacques-Pierre), 1754-1793 | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Chastellux, François Jean, marquis de, 1734-1788 | Cobbett, William, 1763-1835 | Diplomats | Early National Politics | Hall & Sellers. | Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 | Holyoke, Edward Augustus, 1728-1829 | Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 | La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François-Alexandre-Frédéric, duc de, 1747-1827 | Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves, marquis de, 1757-1834 | Letombe, Philippe Joseph, d. 1833 | Louis Philippe, King of the French, 1773-1850 | Miscellaneous | Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 | Official Government Documents and Records | Paper money | Paper money--United States--Forgeries | Paper money--United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 | Penn, John, 1729-1795 | Photographs | Physicians | Presidents | Raguet, Condy, 1784-1842 | Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 | Scholars | St. John de Crèvecoeur, J. Hector, 1735-1813 | Statesmen | Talleyrand-Perigord, Charles Maurice | United States--Biography | Volney, C.-F. (Contantin-François), 1857-1820 | Washington, George, 1732-1799 | |
| 3 | Creator: | Breck, Samuel, 1771-1862 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Recollections of my acquaintance with deceased members of the American Philosophical Society, 1862
| | | | Dates: | 1862 | | | | Abstract: | This volume contains short sketches of prominent American and European scholars, diplomats, and statesmen. "These short memoirs were composed in the heat of the summer of 1862; and the concluding page written on the 15th of August of that year, when I was about one month advanced in my ninety second year; my birthday being July 17th, 1771." Signed Saml. Breck. Persons discussed include Talleyrand Perigord; M. Volney; Rochefoucauld Liancourt; Louis Philippe, King of the French; Joel Barlow; William Bingham; Robert Morris; Alexander Hamilton; General Henry Knox; Doctor Benjamin Rush; Doctor Rush and William Cobbett. | | | | Call #: | Mss.920.B74 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Adams, John Quincy, -- 1767-1848 -- Inauguration. | American Philosophical Society. | American Revolution | Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812 | Bingham, William, 1752-1804 | Breck, Samuel, 1771-1862 | Brissot de Warville, J.-P. (Jacques-Pierre), 1754-1793 | Business Records and Accounts | Business and Skilled Trades | Chastellux, François Jean, marquis de, 1734-1788 | Cobbett, William, 1763-1835 | Diplomats. | Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 | Holyoke, Edward Augustus, 1728-1829 | Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 | La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François-Alexandre-Frédéric, duc de, 1747-1827 | Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves, marquis de, 1757-1834 | Letombe, Philippe Joseph, d. 1833 | Louis Philippe, King of the French, 1773-1850 | Manuscript Essays | Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 | Penn, John, 1729-1795 | Philadelphia History | Physicians. | Presidents. | Raguet, Condy, 1784-1842 | Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 | Scholars. | St. John de Crèvecoeur, J. Hector, 1735-1813 | Statesmen. | Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, -- prince de Bénévent, -- 1754-1838. | United States -- Biography. | Washington, George, 1732-1799 | |
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